EXETER — Douglas and Cynthia Sheehan-Hartwell of Exeter are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Clare Sheridan Hartwell, to Jonathan McDonough Perkins, son of Steven and Mary Perkins of Simsbury, Conn.

Miss Hartwell graduated from St. Thomas Aquinas High School in 2007 and Villanova University in 2011.

Mr. Perkins graduated from Simsbury High School in 2005 and Villanova University in 2009.

Upon graduation from Villanova, Clare and Jonathan each received a commission in the United States Navy. Ensign Hartwell is a nurse at Naval Medical Center San Diego. Lieutenant Junior Grade Perkins is a submariner serving aboard the USS Springfield based in Groton, Conn.